Automatic beet-puller



' v KOSENKO. AUTOMATIC BEET FULLER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5, 1920.

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PatentedSept. 28, 1920.

mi 1 1 N% 5 3 I'NVENTOR V4522; Maen/ro ATTORNEY V. KOSENKO.

AUTOMATIC BEET FULLER.

I Al rglgmon FILED MAR. a, 1920. 1,354, 1 1 1 Patented Sept. 28, 1920.

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ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT orrics.

VA SILY KOSENKO, OF NEVJ BRUNSWICK, NEVJ JERSEY.

AUTOMATIC BEET-PULLER.

Original application filed April 17, 1919,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VAsILY KosnNKo, a citizen of Russia, residing at New Brunswick, county of Middlesex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Beet- It is the object of the invention to providebeets after the re delivered'and after from the adhering a trailer into which the moval of their leaves are they have been cleaned soil.

A further object is to provide a trailer having a pivoted receptacle and provided with automatically operated means for dumping its contents as it becomes filled.

These and other like objects, which will become more fully manifest as the descrip tion progresses, are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure and in whic Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the trailer.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary end view of a conveyer.

Fig. 3 is a rear end view of the trailer.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of the same, showing in broken lines the receiver when in a position to unload the vegetables.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary transverse view taken on line 88 of Fig. 4.

Engageable with a beet harvester by means of eyes 152 and links 153, is a trailer 160, the same being comprised of a pair of parallel channel shaped rails 161, resting upon U-shaped axles 162, their downwardly extending elements 163 carrying spindles 164, upon which the support wheels 165 are mounted, the U shaped axle being further supported by diagonally disposed braces 166. as best shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

Rising from the platform 168 and extending over the rails 161, centrally at the front r ar, are pairs of opposed vertical angles Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 290,662.

tact, the upper ends Patented Sept. 28, 1920.

Livicled and this application filed March 5,

Serial No; 863,596.

constituting posts 170 held in upright relation by means of diagonally disposed braces 171 and 1'72, respectively at the rear and front, so that the posts 170 are maintained rigidly vertical.

Fixed between the pairs of posts, near the lower ends are rigid blocks 17%, through which pass adjusting screws 175, the points of the screws contacting with sliding elements 177, against which the lower ends of coiled compression springs 178 make conof the springs abutting against slidable bearings 180, carried be tween the posts at their upper ends, and in which are rotatably mounted short spindles 181, the inner ends of which are engaged with plates 182, secured upon the opposite ends of a segmental Fixed upon the side of the container 185 is an arcuate plate 187. having outstanding flanged elements, respectively 188 and 189,

forming channels 205 and 206 joined at their ends and engageable with a roller 190 rotatable on a pin extending inward from a cross strip 215 attached to the front posts 170. this roller being guided in the channels between the upstanding flanges 188 and 189.

Extending into the recess 205 at its upper end is a finger 208 pressed outward by a spring 194, a similar finger 210 being pivoted at the bottom of the recess 205, im-' pelled by the spring 211.

Thus as the receptacle 185 becomes filled, the accumulating weight depresses the springs 178, and as the pivotal point 181 of the receptacle is to one side of its center, the same is caused to tilt, the roller 190 moving in the recess 205, and passing the finger 208 is prevented from returning.

The contents of the receptacle being automatically unloaded, the springs 17 8 exert a raising effect, causing the roller to continue in the cross recess and travel in the recess 206, passing the finger 210 and holding the receptacle stationary in a vertical position.

Arms 197, extending diagonally from one of the pair of posts 170, carry rollers 198, and contactable with the rollers are angular cam arms 200 fixed upon the sides of the container 185, these cam arms having inwardly extending elements 218, between which is a fixed longitudinally extending bar 219, in which are secured a plurality of shaped container 185.

comb-like teeth 220, adapted, when the receptacle 185 is turned upon its axis, to act in the manner of a fork, removing any of the vegetables resting therein without manual labor.

The forks are actuated upon the depression of the receptacle, and limited by the contact of the cams with the rollers 198; thus the receptacle 185 is automatically emptied of its contents when it becomes filled to its capacity, the vegetables being dumped in bulk at intervals along the path of the implement.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the apparatus is capable of being adjusted so as to receive the vegetables cleaned of any adhering soil and leaves, and which isprovided with automatic means for dumping its contents as it becomes filled, all of the several operations being performed without manual labor and in an effective manner. 1

Having .thus described my invention what I claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the lows:

1. The combination with a beet harvester,

' of a trailer engageable with said harvester,

' between said posts,

pairs of posts arranged centrally at each end of said trailer,

the journals of said re- .ceptacle moving vertically therebetween, re-

silient means for holding said receptacle in' a normally raised position, said receptacle being pivoted at one side of the center, means permitting said receptacle to oscillate upon its axis,

oscillating movement, and means for return- United States is as fol-,

a receptacle journaled I dinally arranged means for limiting said,

ing said receptacle to its normal position after the discharge therefrom.

2. The combination with a beet harvester,

of a trailer engageable therewith, an open topped receptacle pivotally mounted in said trailer laterally of its center, arcuate channels on the sides of said receptacle, a pin engageable in said channels, means for preventing a reverse movement of said pin therein, and means when said said recep- .uate elements containing recessed channels, rollers secured in said standards engageable in said channels, means preventing the reverse movement of said receptacle until said rollers have made a complete circuit in said channels, arms extending diagonally from the tops of one of each pair of said standards, rollers in said arms, cams pivotally secured at the sides .of said receptacle engage-able with said rollers, a' bar longituin said receptacle, and a plurality vof forks secured to said bar adapted to .clear the interior of said receptacle when it is rotated.

In testimony whereofl have affixed my signature.

VASILY KOSENKO. 

